Baling-press.



- PATENTBD JUNE 2s, 190s. W. T, av G. P. GARR @L E. WILLIAMS.

BALINGA PRESS.

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l W. 'I'. 6v G. P. CARR & H. E. WILLIAMS.

BALING PRESS.

APPLIMTION FILED DBO. 1a. 1902.

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No.`731,663. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

` W. 'I'. & G. P. GARR & H. E. WILLIAMS.

BALING PRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED DEU. 13, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Patented June 23, 1903.

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WILLIAM T. cARR, GRIFFIN P. CARR, AND HENRY E. WILLIAMS, or

SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNoRS or oNEroURTII To A. U. WALKER, orSAVANNAH, TENNESSEE.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r731,663, dated June23, 19o3.

l Application filed December 13, 1902. Serial No. 185,111. (No model.)

I To all whom itrmayconcc'n:

Be it known -that we, WILLIAM T. CARR, GRIFFIN- P. CARR, and HENRY E.WILLIAMS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Savannah, inthecounty of Hardin and State of Tennessee, have invented a -new anduseful i. Ealing-Press, of which the following is a vide an improvedspecification.

Our invention relates to baling-presses, and has for its primary objectto Simplify and improve uponthe construction and operation of thebalingblock or plunger and its operating-bar and tofsomount the latter that itwill be free-ofthe path of the incoming Inaterial.

A further object of the invention is to proform of gearing for operat-Referring to the drawings, lindicates our press as a whole, `the variousparts of which may be made of any suitable or desired Inaterial. Thismachine consists of a rear or baling Section proper, 2, and a forward orpower section 3. The rear baling-section 2 comprises the usual sills 4and top rails 5, secured together by uprights 6, which latter arefurther braced by Inetal braces 7. Suitably secured to the sills and toprails are angleirons 8, (plainly shown in Fig. 5,) which Yconstitute thesides of the baling-press and serve as guides for the bales.

9 indicates four pressure-screws, mounted one at each corner of `themachine and operated by hand-wheels to regulate the pressure on thebales.

ing the plunger and forimpartingto the same a differential motion whichwill decrease in rapidity at theend of the` stroketo increase `thepressure `exerted on the baling-head and I in which, at the terminationof the stroke, there Willbe aslight pause or dwell.

10 and 11 are two baling-chambers into which the material to be baled isfed through a hopper 12, which is common to both.

13 is a baling block orplunger mounted beneath the hopper 12 between theballingchambers and adapted to be reciprocated by a plunger-bar 14,which receives motion from a suitable power mechanism. The plunger inits reciprocatory motion acts alternately upon the hay in the respectivechambers 10 and 11.

` Mounted upon the inner side of each of the sills is a pair offhorizontalrails or guides 15 and 16, spaced vertically sufficiently topermit the passage and guiding between them of flanges 17 and 18,suitably formed one on either side of the plunger. I Bythis constructionit will be seen that the plunger is elfe. ciently guided and steadied inits reciprocations. 8 5

The plunger-bar 14, which, as above stated, reciprocates the plunger, ismounted at the bottom of the Inachine and operates `beneath thebalingcha1nbers, in which position it will be out of the path of andoifer no obstruction to the incoming hay. The `plunger 13 has a slot ormortise 19 formed near its bottom for the reception of the end of theplunger-bar, to which it is securely fastened by boltsI or rivets 20, asclearly shown in Fig. 7.

21 indicates spring-dogs mounted upon vertical aXes on the inner sidesof baling-chambers at the entrance to the same to prevent To these endsthe invention comprises, in a baling-press, the combination, withabaling-chamber, of a baling block or plunger, ahorizontally-disposed."plunger-operating bar mounted beneath thebaling-chamber, and

means for reciprocating'the bar.

The invention further consists in the details of construction Inorefully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,1i`igure 1 is a Side elevation of abaling-press embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view ofthe body of thepress, thepower -mechanism being removed. Fig. 3f is alongitudinal section through `the machine on `the line 3 3 of. Fig. 2.Fig.. 4.is a verticaltransverse section on the line 4 4 of Figz3. Fig. 5is a similar view on line.; of Fig. 3.: Fig." 61s a I top plan view of ithe front section or power mechanism `of, the machine, the parts beingin the position of the termination of the for- .wardor thrusting strokeof the plunger. Fig. 7 is' a perspective view of the plunger andplunger-bar removed from the machine. Fig. 8 is a front elevation `ofthe power-section viewed in the direction of the arrow iu Fig. 1.

the charge from rebounding upon the withdrawal of the plunger.

22 indicates tension springs which bear upon the dogs, and 23 indicatesscrews for varying the tension of the springs.

24 24 are horizontal grooves formed in the sides of the plungerto'permit, the passage of the dogs 21.

Referring now to the forward or power section 3 of the machine, 25indicates two horizontal bars or sills connected at their rear end by across-beam 26 and at their forward end by a similar beam 27. Arisingfrom the latter beam are two angle-irons 28 29, to the tops of which issecured an overhead transverse beam 30, which ,is braced by rods 31,secured thereto and to the horizontal bars 25.

32 is a vertical driving-shaft mounted in suitable bearings 33 and 34,secured, respectively, to the transverse beams 27 and 30.

35 is a head suitably mounted and secured upon the top of thedriving-shaft and to which is attached, by bolts, one end of apower-lever 36, adapted to be operated by animals in the usual manner.

37 is a double-cammed or eccentric drivinggear suitably fixed upon thedriving-shaft near to its lower end and adapted to be operated thereby.

38 is a second double-cammed or eccentric gear meshing with and adaptedto be driven by the driving-gear 37. As these gears are identical information, I will describe that of but one, such description beingunderstood as applying to both.

39 and 40 indicate two radial vertical faces each of a length equal toabout half the radius of the wheel, which faces practically divide theteeth of the gear into two equal sections, the teeth of each sectionbeginning at the inner end of the face adjacent thereto and continuingeccentrically to the outer end of the other face; or, in other words,the teeth on one section of the wheel begin at the inner end of the face39 and terminate at the outer end of face 40, while those of the othersection begin at the inner end of face 40 and terminate at the outer endof face 39.

The wheels37 and 3S are so mounted that the teeth having the greatesteccentricity on the former will mesh with those having the leasteccentricity on the latter. Thus it will be seen that the driven wheelwill at the beginning of the stroke travel at a high rate of speed,which gradually decreases until the end of the stroke is reached, forthe purpose to be explained.

4l is a vertical stub arising from the upper horizontal face ofthe gear38-andengaging the forward end of the pitman 42, which latter issuitably pivoted at its rear end to the forward end of the plunger-bar..From this construction it will be seen that the gear 38 will impart tothe pitman a differential reciprocatory motion, which in turn istransmitted to the plunger-bar and plunger, the motion being rapid atthe beginning of the stroke and slower at its completion, thus at itstermination exerting the greatest amount of pressure on the material. Inthis connection it may be remarked that at the termination of the strokethe gear-wheels will have reached a point where their respective faces39 and 40 meet, producing lost motion and causing a slight pause ordwell to the plunger, thus at the time when it is exerting the greatestpressure on the material holding it momentarily in such position.

43 indicates eyebolts mounted at the ends of beam 26 in position to beengaged by hooked rods 44, carried by the sills 4 of the rearbaling-section, thus connecting the two sections of the machine when inoperation. p

Having' thus described our invention, what we claim is- In abalingpress, the combination with a balingchamber, of a baling-block orplunger, horizontal tracks or guides therefor, iianges on the blockadapted to travel on the tracks or guides, a horizontalplunger-operating bar connected with the plunger and adapted to bereciproeated, and means for reciprocating the bar.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. CARR.

GRIFFIN P. CARR.

HENRY E. WILLIAMS.

. Vitn'esses:

A. J. WILLIAMS, J. J. WILLIAMS.

